- (a) To allow proper legal action by the Corporation on any matter germane to its powers or duties, each proceeding in which the impaired insurer is a party in a court in the State shall be stayed for 60 days after the date an order of liquidation, rehabilitation, or conservation is final.
(b) If a court enters a judgment under a decision, order, verdict, or finding based on default, the Corporation may:
- (1) apply to have the judgment, decision, order, verdict, or finding set aside by the same court that made it; and
- (2) defend against the suit on the merits.
Added by Acts 1996, c. 11, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1997.
Formerly Art. 48A, § 537.